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In the business of starting businesses

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People who wish to run their own business must show great determination, according to George Hammersley, chief executive of Business Ventures. This initiative, which receives funding from the Glasgow Development Agency and Scottish Enterprise, aims to bring together potential entrepreneurs to create management teams and start businesses with the potential for a large turnover. It runs four 10-week programmes a year, with all delegates being required to have investment capital of 20,000 pounds sterling or more.

Officials and employees, Small business, Hammersley, George, Business Ventures

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The key to consultancy

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Those considering setting up as a freelance consultant should first undertake thorough market research to establish who will pay for what they are planning to offer. They should take advice on a sound business plan, and should ideally have a guaranteed, minimal income for the first few months. Most business will come through conventional marketing, but networking is also a very valuable source of work. It is vital to listen carefully to clients, research their needs and show how you can save them money.

In conversation with... Warren Bennis

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Industrial psychologist Warren Bennis is a leading authority on the theory of leadership. He believes that effective leaders and effective followers are interdependent and of equal importance. The key to competitive advantage for corporations, wherever they are based, be they big or small, depends upon the ability of the leaders to use the brain power of their organisations.